At one point, the woman placed the child in the car alone, then eventually climbed in herself, officials said. The adult woman and child were quickly overcome by the flames and were pronounced dead at the scene,” sheriff’s officials said. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators are trying to learn the identity of a woman who placed a toddler in a burning SUV and then entered the vehicle herself before both were burned to death in Willowbrook on Thursday night. Witnesses reported seeing the woman and child standing outside the SUV at Athens Park in the 300 block of West 124th Street while it started to burn, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. See more of our top stories on Facebook »As the flames grew larger, “the woman kept getting in and out of the car,” authorities said.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 17, 2016 16:35 UTC